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It’s been a busy cou­ple of days for Bryan Police. On Fri­day, 18 year old Michaela Myers of Bryan, was arrested for Dis­or­derly Con­duct. She was released. Also on Fri­day, 24 year old Matthew Weber Jr of Bryan, was arrested for Dis­or­derly Con­duct After Warn­ing. He was taken to CCNO. …

It’s a new year and a fresh start for the United Way of Pauld­ing County. The orga­ni­za­tion kicked off its 2014–15 cam­paign this week with a break­fast on Wednes­day, when it was announced that this year’s goal is $75,000. Last year’s goal of $60,000 was beat as $68,000 in total …

Lots of activ­i­ties are planned for the Labor Day Week­end at Sauder Vil­lage. Many will come to stay at the Inn or Camp­ground, play in the pool, visit unique shops, enjoy great food, and make spe­cial mem­o­ries while vis­it­ing the His­toric Vil­lage. Rec­og­nized as Ohio’s largest living-history vil­lage, the award-winning …

It’s never a good idea to drink and drive. This week­end, it’s an even worse idea. Ohio State High­way Patrol has announced there will be an OVI check­point in Williams County Sat­ur­day night.The OVI checkpoint,funded by fed­eral grants,is planned to deter and inter­cept impaired drivers.The loca­tion of the check­point will …

The Ful­ton County Sheriff’s Office is con­duct­ing a high vis­i­bil­ity traf­fic blitz in con­junc­tion with the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over national cam­paign. The blitz runs through Sept. 1. The sheriff’s office is work­ing this blitz at var­i­ous times and loca­tions in Ful­ton County, where they say deputies will …

Accord­ing to an arti­cle in the Bryan Times, an uptick in con­cealed carry per­mits has been noted in Williams County. Sher­iff Steve Towns says there was a sig­nif­i­cant increase in appli­ca­tions after the last pres­i­den­tial elec­tion. Ohio’s con­cealed carry laws are slightly more restric­tive than some sur­round­ing states, but even …

The Annual parade in Stryker is set for tomor­row as part of Stryker Home­com­ing. One of the parade high­lights will be the Broth­ers in Blue Motor­cy­cle and Car Poker Run. Just as soon as they get through the parade they take off on the poker run. The Styker Area Her­itage …

It now looks like more jobs are on the way to Steuben County. Rock­well Amer­i­can announced on Tues­day, the com­pany is invest­ing more than $325,000 over the next four years to expand its Angola sales and dis­tri­b­u­tion facil­ity. Up to 16 new jobs will be cre­ated in the process. Rock­well …

In Hicksville, the Vil­lage Coun­cil on Mon­day, approved an amended ordi­nance des­ig­nat­ing spe­cial park­ing places down­town in the event of major park­ing prob­lems. The amended ordi­nance allows for 15-minute park­ing in cer­tain areas between 5–9 p.m. The Cres­cent News reports that the move comes in response to a request from …

Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers met on Mon­day, and accepted two let­ters of res­ig­na­tion and approved three sup­ple­men­tal appro­pri­a­tions. Williams County Emer­gency Med­ical Ser­vice Para­medic Sarah Hahn sub­mit­ted a let­ter of res­ig­na­tion, effec­tive Aug. 28. Part-time 911 dis­patcher Kevin Krill sub­mit­ted a res­ig­na­tion, effec­tive imme­di­ately. The three sup­ple­men­tal appro­pri­a­tions included: • $225 …